”Except for the camera, yes,” Matthew answered plainly, opening the door of the next room down the line of that floor. Inside the room, it could possibly be concluded that this was one of the foxes’ room; namely Kasai’s. The wallpaper was a warm crimson color, neatly decorated with golden curves on the walls and with the marble white furniture in the room. There was also an electric guitar on the neatly made bed alongside a book and a pen.
Matthew eyed the room carefully, noticing some changes in the room like how the carpet was folded in an unnatural way, how the closet seemingly moved slightly, and how the painting above the bed was tilted just barely. A person like Kasai, one who enjoys perfection, wouldn’t overlook these things.
”Someone’s in the room… probably in the closet,” Matthew whispered.
Hinata held onto Matthew's hand a moment, nodding a little. Matthew would know. She herself moved to step in first, intent on keeping Matthew safe.
As Hinata would move inside, the room seemingly lost its colors. From the warm reddish tone to a monochromic one of different shades of grays. Not only that, it seemed like time had seemingly stopped when she stepped inside. Only she remained colored and moving with time.
The closet door opened up, stepping out was a surprisingly healthy and sane-looking female figurine. She was dressed in a black dress with white hues creating a natural pattern throughout the dress. Somethings to note about her was the chain wrapped tightly around her neck, the golden lantern with blue flames she held, and the butterfly earrings she had which were only visible when her beautiful black hair swayed. Her eyes weren’t opened… yet.
”Good evening. I don’t think you would’ve expected me here,” the woman started with a warm tone, slowly opening her eyes to reveal her dead white irises.
(Viscount Profile)
(Thanatos)
(Ability : Death’s Siren)
(Viscount Class : SS)
(Sector : Chaos)
(Note : The Labyrinth’s embodiment of the god of death by the same name who works as a Viscount within the Labyrinth. Strolls by the Multiverse a lot and is feared by many)
Hinata pressed her lips as he surroundings drained. She looked at the Viscount, her expression not changing.
"Neither did I," she said simply, very much on edge. She didn't really trust people who his in closets. Especially someone with her reputation.
The female looked at Hinata, giving a rather uninterested gaze. She closed the closet doors and stood firmly in front of it.
”As we both know, we mutually hate one another so I’ll make this quick—“ the personification stated clearly.
”I was able to contact two of the nine ‘legends’ of the Labyrinth and they’ve agreed to help with the Infection situation… under certain trades,” the figure moved towards Hinata, particles of shadows coming from her back.
”The first one being one of the three Celestial Warriors, namely Syzen Celser, known better as ‘The Zodiac Master’… his physical body is currently very much broken and will be able to regain it once his creations, the Zodiac Treasures, are to be reunited. All of which, as I was told, are inside the Labyrinth,” the goddess claimed.
”The second being a loyal servant of mine. Narok Killain, a reaper of the Crimson Tide, will help under the trade of… three Knights’ souls. As the Knights’ souls are relatively high in energy and are a great meal for these reapers. The souls can come from anyone who holds or have held the title of ‘Knight’,” she continued before opening her lantern.
”However useful these trades are, remember that they’ll only be useful once you’ve successfully made the trade… So,” her eyes flashed quickly once.
”Which one would you like to take? Or perhaps… both? Don’t worry, you can cancel them later if you can find me,”
(Take Syzen’s Deal)
(Take Narok’s Deal)
(Take both deals)
(Take your time)
Hating each other was an understatement. Hinata couldn't die, and this was literally the embodiment of death. Still, she had to listen to the deals. They were tempting, for sure, especially the first one. The second one, though, was… Questionable. She was going to stay away from that.
"The first one is interesting to me," she admitted. Hopefully she wouldn't have to cancel it, seeing as she didn't really want to come across Thanatos.
”The first one it is,” Thanatos stated. Her lamp closed as the flames changed from a bluish tone to an amber tone. When the lamp opened again, the flames flew out of it and towards Hinata.
”That’s the Zodiac Master’s spirit, he’ll be in touch with you spiritually,” Thanatos claimed before the bluish flames returned.
”That’s all. Now I hope that we don’t have to meet again,” she ended as shadows wrapped around her only to fade her out of reality.
”Eh… uh… how does this work…? Hey! Can you hear me?” a male voice can be heard within Hinata’s mind, speaking with mild confusion. If what Thanatos said was true, this would most likely be the Zodiac Master’s—Syzen’s—soul.
Hinata watched Thanatos leave, glad she was gone. God, she really didn't want to see that woman again. She had turned to leave when the voice- probably Syzen's- spoke up.
"I can hear you loud and clear," Hinata responded.
”Okay cool. Uhm, as Thanatos may have hinted at, I’m Syzen, nice to meet you in person even in this state. About my treasures, do you have any questions so far other than the fact that there are twelve of them scattered around the Labyrinth and I’m not exactly sure where they are as I only created them and did not distribute them,” the soul started, more of a rant than anything. The colors of everything around Hinata started to return as time continued to run at its natural speed.
Matthew, now a confused Matthew, turned to Hinata.
”What happened?”
”Don’t tell him about the deal,” Syzen warned immediately.
Hinata had listened quietly a at Syzen spoke, about to respond when the color returned to the room.
Alright then, she replied, turning to Matthew.
"I'm… Not sure," she lied.
Oh, when I say not to trust him you ignore me, but when done random bozo Thanatos left with us tells you not to, you listen?! Tatsuo let out an indignant sound.
(Poor Tatsuo XD)
Of course, Matthew wasn’t entirely convinced but what could he do really. He looked over to see that the closet went back to its original spot and whatnot, he thought that perhaps it’d be best to leave the exploration at that.
”Alright… uh… I’ll be downstairs if you need me,” He lastly mentioned before motioning towards the stairs.
Now might be a great time to start talking to Syzen about the deal he had and how exactly does it work.
(He's so stressed by Hinata XD)
"Okay then," Hinata said as Matthew left. She slipped her hands in her pockets, making her way back to her own room.
"So," she said, closing the door and making sure they were alone, "how exactly if this desk going to work?"
”Compared the Narok’s, mine is pretty simple… well, to understand, that is. I created twelve treasures each one representing one of the twelve Zodiacs and have distributed them across the entire Labyrinth. However, that was almost a hundred year back and since then I’ve been killed twice but my body still lives on inside the treasures. They’re hidden across the Labyrinth. Sadly, I can’t tell you exactly where they are as I don’t know myself but I can tell you if we are near one or not at a certain point. Once all twelve have been collected, I’ll be able to help you fully,” the Zodiac Master explained. Of course, it seemed like a lot of work for the help of one person… but then again, this man was one of the strongest within the Labyrinth so to have him with the group might’ve been the same as bringing a gun to a fist fight.
”Speaking of which, if we started early we might get the advantage we need… since… you know, we are near the Leo treasure,”
(Warrior Profile)
[Syzen Celser]
[Ability : Zodiac Empowerment]
[Class : Legend]
[Sector : Nightwalker]
[Note : Known by many individuals across the Multiverse as ‘The Zodiac Master’]
(to any and all stalkers, this had been moved to discord, sorrydm me if you want a link to the server I need more people)
